Data-Driven Workforce Trends

• 84% of hiring decision-makers feel positive about their company’s hiring outlook.
• Hiring decision-makers report feelings of optimism (54%), confidence (52%), and hopefulness (48%).
• 90% anticipate facing challenges, principally, navigating AI use (49%).
• When considering applicants to hire at their company, 54% of hiring decision-makers say AI skills are absolutely essential or very important.

• 91% of companies see the advantages of hiring contract workers.
• Hiring decision-makers whose companies have employed contract workers (43%) say their company is more reliant on contract workers now than three years ago.
• 84% say at times contract workers have actually outperformed full-time employees.
• 53% of hiring decision-makers feel contract work is a permanent shift in the workforce, yet 47% believe it’s a temporary response to the economy.

• Politics and the current political climate are impacting most companies, according to 66% of hiring decision-makers.
• Rising costs have an impact on 72% of companies’ ability to operate and/or grow. 28% say it’s positive and 28% say it’s negative.
• 32% say difficulty planning labor needs due to concerns of a recession or economic downturn and changes in government policies are one of their biggest challenges for the rest of this year.